Friday, July 16, 2010

You may want to cover your eyes...

so it's official... the entire planet is opening Allen&Ginter. I get it. Well, I used to get it. I don't anymore. I can just go buy the 350 card set online for $15. In fact, I just did. But, to each their own. Have fun busting boxes and in a few instances, cases. Nutjobs......

I went to my LCS last week to pick up some more packets of stickers to bust during the World Cup Finals. He had Ginter sitting on the counter for $5 a pack. I grabbed two packs. This is where I need a sidekick. Someone to say to me at times like this.... "Are you sure you wanna do that?"

May I present to you, the worst pack of baseball cards ever.

264 Captain Nemo. 248 Jason Marquis

273 David DeJesus

112 Tyler Bradt

125 Hideki Matsui regular back mini. All I heard is how hard it is to get a regular back mini and

I get one first pack. Of course Matsui is shown doing something he hasn't done in 7 years. Wear a glove. And to think, there are still a few out there who like the DH.

269 AJ Burnett - no scans of a Yankee

TDH51 Gordon Beckham

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This is why I don't buy this crap anymore.

In Pack Two, I did get a hit and an SP.

Shane Freakin' Reynolds.

with an authentic game used bat used by Shane to strike out at least three times.

Seems A&G is the perfect set to have a few Hensley Meulens cards in uniforms he never had cards for...like Arizona or Montreal. Yet no sign. Some random kayaker, sure...but no Bam Bam. It's no wonder I don't buy these cards.

I should probably just buy the set as well, but I'm having too much fun busting retail packs. So far I've pulled 2 autos - 1 from a blaster and 1 from 1 of 2 rack packs. I won't keep the autos though, but hopefully they'll make good trade bait.

I totally need that sidekick! He would have saved me $35 the other day when I bought 5 packs of hobby A&G at $7 a pack! Duuuuuhhh, what was I thinking? I was looking to finally pull a hit out of ginter, but still no luck. I could have bought the entire base set and 5 boxes worth of relics for that price.

I hadn't had the chance to see any of these yet, but I did have a good laugh while reading the checklist. King Tut, Regis Philbin, Yadier Molina, Area 51... This might be the most retarded set of cards ever. And how the eff did they authenticate Charles Dickens' hair?